Pirate Bay Defendants Appeal Ruling

That didn't take long: The four members of Torrent search site The Pirate Bay, who last week were sentenced to one year in jail and a combined fine of $3.6 million, have filed an official appeal against the Swedish court ruling.

That didn't take long: The four members of Torrent search site The Pirate Bay, who last week were sentenced to one year in jail and a combined fine of $3.6 million, have filed an official appeal against the Swedish court ruling.

Co-defendants Peter Sunde, Carl Lundström, Frederik Neij, and Gottfrid Svartholm Warg have long stated that they planned to appeal any ruling against them, a fact they restated shortly after hearing the verdict, late last week.

Their case will likely be heard in the Swedish supreme court, but could take years to be heard.

Brian Heater has worked at a number of tech pubs, including Engadget, Laptop, and PCMag (where he served as Senior Editor). Most recently, he was as the Managing Editor of TechTimes.com. His writing has appeared in Spin, Wired, Playboy, Entertainment Weekly, The Onion, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Beast and various other publications. He hosts the weekly Boing Boing interview podcast RiYL, has appeared as a regular NPR contributor and shares his Queens apartment with a rabbit named Lucy.
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